1995–96 Primeira Divisão

62nd season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1995–96 Porto15th title FelgueirasCampomaiorenseTirsense Champions League Porto (group stage) Cup Winners' Cup Benfica (first round) UEFA Cup Sporting CP (first round)Boavista (first round)V. Guimarães (first round) Domingos (25 goals) Sporting CP 7–1 Campomaiorense(18 September 1995) Leça 0–5 Belenenses(30 December 1995) Porto 6–3 Braga(3 March 1996) 306 797 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra União da Madeira Beira-Mar Vitória de Setúbal União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Leça Campomaiorense Felgueiras The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra. Teams April 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1995-96 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BelenensesBenficaSporting top Portugal 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela bottom Portugal 38.998172 -7.149433 Campomaiorense left Portugal 41.1305 -8.4027 Leça bottom Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros left Portugal 41.533333 -8.616667 Gil Vicente left Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.35 -8.466667 Tirsense left Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães Portugal 41.733333 -7.466666 Chaves bottom Portugal 41.367 -8.2 Felgueiras bottom Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1995-96 (Madeira) 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo bottom Team Head coach City Stadium1994–95 finish Belenenses POR João Alves Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 12th Benfica POR Artur Jorge Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd Boavista POR Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 9th Braga POR Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 10th Campomaiorense POR Manuel Fernandes Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 2nd in Divisão de Honra Chaves POR Vítor Urbano Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 14th Estrela da Amadora POR Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 15th Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 5th Felgueiras POR Jorge Jesus Felgueiras Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos 3rd in Divisão de Honra Gil Vicente POR Bernardino Pedroto Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 13th Leça POR Fernando Festas Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 1st in Divisão de Honra Marítimo POR Raul Águas Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th Porto England Bobby Robson Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros POR Mário Reis Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 11th Sporting POR Carlos Queiroz Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd Tirsense POR José Romão Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 8th União de Leiria POR Vítor Manuel Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 6th Vitória de Guimarães POR Vítor Oliveira Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica POR Artur Jorge 9 September 1995 6th MOZ Mário Wilson 10 September 1995 Leça POR Fernando Festas 1 October 1995 17th Portugal António Pinto 2 October 1995 Chaves POR Vítor Urbano 5 November 1995 17th POR Joaquim Teixeira 6 November 1995 Campomaiorense POR Manuel Fernandes 19 November 1995 18th POR Diamantino Miranda 20 November 1995 Vitória de Guimarães POR Vítor Oliveira 17 December 1995 6th POR Manuel Machado 23 December 1995 Tirsense POR José Romão 23 December 1995 18th POR Eurico Gomes 30 December 1995 Vitória de Guimarães POR Manuel Machado 13 January 1996 8th POR Jaime Pacheco 14 January 1996 Sporting POR Carlos Queiroz 17 February 1996 3rd POR Fernando Mendes 18 February 1996 Marítimo POR Raul Águas 10 March 1996 7th POR Rui Vieira 10 March 1996 Chaves POR Joaquim Teixeira 17 March 1996 17th POR José Romão 18 March 1996 Sporting POR Fernando Mendes 31 March 1996 4th POR Octávio Machado 1 April 1996 League table main WDL 5 QR POR Porto BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP BOA Boavista VGU Vitória de Guimarães BEL Belenenses ULE União de Leiria BRA Braga MAR Marítimo FAR Farense GVI Gil Vicente SAL Salgueiros EST Estrela da Amadora LEÇ Leça CHA Chaves FEL Felgueiras CPM Campomaiorense TIR Tirsense 26 6 2 84 20 C 22 7 5 56 25 19 10 5 69 27 19 8 7 59 28 19 5 10 55 39 14 9 11 53 33 14 5 15 38 50 12 9 13 44 47 12 7 15 39 53 10 6 18 36 45 9 9 16 31 49 7 15 12 39 49 7 14 13 35 50 9 7 18 29 55 9 7 18 38 56 8 9 17 29 47 R 10 3 21 32 69 R 7 10 17 30 53 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners CWC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra R R R complete 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average April 2026 Results main FBR grey BEL BEN BOA BRA CPM CHA EST FAR FEL GVI LEÇ MAR POR SAL SCP TIR ULE VGU Belenenses 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 Benfica 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 Boavista 1–0 1–3 5–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 Braga 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–3 4–0 0–0 4–0 Campomaiorense 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 Chaves 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 Estrela da Amadora 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–4 0–0 Farense 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 Felgueiras 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 Gil Vicente 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 Leça 0–5 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 Marítimo 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–5 1–0 1–0 4–0 Porto 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–3 5–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 6–2 2–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–3 Salgueiros 1–3 4–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–4 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 Sporting CP 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 7–1 4–1 6–2 5–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 Tirsense 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 União de Leiria 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–4 0–0 3–2 1–2 5–1 1–2 Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 2–4 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 POR Domingos Porto 25 2 POR João Pinto Benfica 18 3 BRA Edinho Guimarães 15 POR Constantino Jardim Leça TRI Leonson Lewis Felgueiras 6 BRA Artur Boavista 147 BRA Maurício Cabedelo Leiria 13 BRA Edmilson Porto 9 NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Campomaiorense 1210 POR Paulo Alves Sporting 10 CAN Alex Bunbury Marítimo April 2026 Attendances # Club Average 1 Porto 24,882 2 Sporting 15,029 3 Benfica 8,706 4 Marítimo 8,176 5 Vitória SC 7,412 6 Braga 6,676 7 Farense 6,412 8 Boavista 5,941 9 Felgueiras 5,588 10 Chaves 5,324 11 Os Belenenses 4,412 12 União de Leiria 4,088 13 Salgueiros 3,824 14 Gil Vicente 3,765 15 Campomaiorense 3,618 16 Tirsense 3,471 17 Leça 3,459 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,724Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt96.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 28, 2026 References External links Portugal 1995-96 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library https://web.archive.org/web/20191010211315/http://soccerlibrary.free.fr/por_ft.pdf 2019-10-10 Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1995/1996 Category:Primeira Liga seasons Port Category:1995–96 in Portuguese football Category:Long stubs with short prose